BIOSCI 738 @ Waipapa Taumata Rau
2025-03-17
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If they ask you what you think, what do you say?
Google (2025) Gemini AI generated image from prompt: Create a lifelike image of 21-year-old person with a really terrible broccoli haircut. Truly disastrous, please. The hair should be green.
The following are adapted from the Waipapa Taumata Rau Science Course WTRSCI100
“Does this action reflect the character traits that I strive to embody?” (virtue ethics)
“Will the overall consequences of my action result in the greatest good for the greatest number of people?” (consequentialism)
“Will my action positively affect the strength of interconnectedness and respect the mutual responsibilities inherent in the relationships that I have with others?” (relational ethics)
“Does this action satisfy my moral responsibilities?” (deontology)
Last week you developed a Code of Conduct for this course. You may have also seen the Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland Code of Conduct that applies to you as a student here.
The purpose of this Code is to develop and maintain a standard of behaviour that supports and enables the University’s commitment to being a safe, inclusive, equitable and respectful community; both in-person and online.
For people working in research and academia there are usually professional societies that have developed codes of conduct and ethical standards. The Royal Society Te Apārangi is a long established and well respected not-for-profit organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand and their Code of Conduct.
Story time Poster link
📚 Read more in this Scientific American article about the IgNobel prize this study won.
📚 Recommended reading: Wicherts JM, Veldkamp CL, Augusteijn HE, Bakker M, van Aert RC, van Assen MA. Degrees of Freedom in Planning, Running, Analyzing, and Reporting Psychological Studies: A Checklist to Avoid p-Hacking. Front Psychol. 2016 Nov 25;7:1832. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01832. PMID: 27933012; PMCID: PMC5122713.
Doing the work is not enough — you need to make sure that communication to stakeholders about your work and results is done accurately and honestly.
📧 liza.bolton@auckland.ac.nz
Slides: link.lizabolton.com